Is this an MLM?

[GreenYellowBrown]

Has anyone heard of Quay-Side Gourmet, it’s a food delivery company? My son has just told me he’s planning on joining it but it sounds so dodgy. Apparently, you get an initial 40 boxes which you have to sell and then you get £17.50 commission per box.

He doesn’t know whether you have to buy the boxes up front 🙄 And it also seems to be door to door sales sounds dreadful.

I’ve looked online but can’t see much about them so hoped someone would know something. Thanks.

It sounds very very dodgy. I'd advise him against it.

Just looked at their website & they look dodgy as f*ck.

See all those awards they're claiming to have won? I went on their websites to see names of award winners, and these guys aren't on there. That's just one of the many red flags.

If he has to buy the boxes upfront then yes.

Also the boss in the video is claiming up to £70k per year in earnings. If it's too good to be true, it normally is s. What sort of hours do oes he have to put in before making any real money? Too many, I suspect.

Looks very sketchy. I don’t believe the reviews from previous drivers, it all sounds made up and is written in a very informal way throughout. Hardly a way in which a successful company would portray themselves online. Also, where are the boxes they sell on their website? There’s no products on their website or anywhere online, and no trust pilot. Defo a scam

Thanks guys. Everything you’ve all said are basically the things I’ve been thinking, plus more. He’s quite easily led and a bit vulnerable at the minute as he got made redundant recently. I wouldn’t want him to be caught up in something dreadful so I’ll speak to him again later.

I’ve spoken to him this evening. He’s found out some more details after going on a ‘training day’, unpaid of course. They would provide a van, for a £200 upfront deposit, with £50 weekly payments 🙄 He’d be responsible for all fuel and associated motoring costs. Then of course the boxes, I’m sure there would be plenty of costs involved there.

Fortunately, DS doesn’t have the £200 and me, DH, ex-DH and his wife have all said no to lending him the money. I told DS that you should never have to pay to work somewhere.

TLDR- Avoid Quay-Side Gourmet, looks like they promise a lot but don’t deliver much.

From the basics of what i can discover, it may be legal, but it certainly takes the biscuits, basically run for the hills

and any business that requires you to pay them seems omg

The meals are probably overpriced rubbish. That’s usually the case for MLMs. Everyone above him will be earning commissions on what he buys.

These companies are such a scam.

When starting Alevels my DD spent hours one weekend saying something about filling a job application for weekend work in. In reality she had been sidetracked by other 'advertised work' and didn't want to tell me as she knew I'd be suspicious. I asked to look at it and it was a site where you could edit text and if good enough you were paid. She was really upset when I showed her reviews and it was part of an elaborate scam (which I didn't understand!).

She was able to get a Saturday job in retail the good old-fashioned way by applying for a vacancy. It's a shame there are scams for everything these days!

Called it an interview, but its self employed and I would be shadowing UNPAID for two days minimal.